Around area and state: 17-year-old boy killed in street race

Updated 7:34 pm, Saturday, January 26, 2013

A 17-year old boy died Friday in a street-racing crash in west Houston, police said.

Two teens were racing about 10 p.m. in the 13300 block of Briar Forest Drive just east of Eldridge Parkway, HPD spokesman Victor Senties said.

The boy who died lost control of a Chevy Camaro, which jumped the median and hit a tree. The other boy, also 17, was driving a silver Mecedes-Benz. He is facing felony racing charges, Senties said.

Demonstrators ordered away from oil pipeline

LONGVIEW - An agreement reached in an East Texas court between attorneys for a company building a Canada-to-Gulf Coast oil pipeline and various groups protesting the project could signal a retreat on the part of demonstrators.

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Lawyers for TransCanada obtained a permanent injunction against Tar Sands Blockade, Rising Tide North America, Rising Tide Texas and others on Friday in Wood County District Court. Under the injunction, protesters agreed to not go on to TransCanada property to protest; not to prevent access to the company's right of way easements or equipment or that of contractors; and not to threaten or harm any employees of the company or its contractors.

The injunction encompasses all TransCanada and pipeline contractor properties, personnel and easements in Texas and Oklahoma.

"We are hopeful the protesters mean what they say in this agreement," said TransCanada spokesman David Dodson.

A spokesman for one of the anti-pipeline groups, Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines, did not immediately return an email seeking comment Saturday.